Show nOWIE DOWIE WANTED PLURAL WIVES General Overseer of the Chicago Zion Deposed for Teaching Doc Doe Doctrine Doctrine trine trifle of Polygamy PROPERTY DEEDED AWAY i ELIJAH Ml III LEFT NAKED TO I THE WORLD Chicago April J The rhe open revolt revolta against a gal John Alexander Alexand cr Dowie Dowle which took place yesterday was followed to today tolay tolay lay day by the transfer of all the public property of the Church of ZIon to Alexander Alexand r Granger whose dismissal had been blen directed ct d cl by Dowie Dowle in a tele telegram telegram gram ram from Mexico A warranty deed thed d ed and a bill of sale were wore filed today in the th Lake county court ourt at Waukegan Ill by TV Y T G Voliva the tho present head of Zion who was appointed by Dowie some months ago Ivy li h which all the lands standing stan in in iT the th name of Dowie and his Itis wife are made macic over to Granger for the b ban m n tit lt of Zion City ity and the followers of oft t TowIe Dowie generally Voliva holds hol s from I Dowie Howie a t power pow r of attorney and by virtue of It he has turned over to Granger everything ever portable in Zion city even to the bed of Dowie se Taken Away All MI Jl the officials of Shiloh Hous Rou the tho Dowie Dowle residence the horses and ind carriages the machinery in the mills and everything In the name of Dowle Dowie of personal perso tal belongings of the of the town has been taken from the tIle control of the deposed first apostle Dowie DOll who Is known as fI Elijah III HI nod First Apostle of the Church of nf Zion City in 14 h in temporary exile in Mexico ho he h went partly to n re cain iaIn his shattered health anti and partly to carry forward foward one of his plantation schemes His wife and son it is bv by the residents of Zion City have allied with Voliva who w was s called by Dowie from Aus A lS f r to conduct the affairs of Zion It v when Dowies Dowis s health became ph t The Tho action deposing Dowie mom rr re c Hv t hp control cont tl of Zion City and its lt re lf JO Ul nd busine affairs arrans was tak n na t a f meeting hoW hold yesterday in the tle Z lotI c Dowie Taught Polygamy f in I the tle H st m ws Wl A to Dowle In Mexico 1 tt t t he had h cl been bean suspended from lom the hUrh he founded He ITe i de declared d p to have advised some onie of hi hie hk followers rH to pra t ie poly am and hares es of extravagance and ant n t are ar also made him The ThC message sent spot to Dowie from Zion City is ns as follows Dowie Dowl Jalisco isen received reCI here and an Practically all aH including Cincinnati reports indorse tion Ion t Granc c rang ors Js retention r n JJ your you r ra hypocrisy h y ex exp tv ty f ranny an lull apil l a Ton Yot Yo are hereby from frem office cHloe and anc nd membership m for polygamous t and nd r ither r grave r V See Soo I e letter l Quietly retire Pt Irp v Further interference ne will r re p rebellion legal Your Tour statement of or stupendously nt financial Is I extremely I foolish in view of thousands I suffering su thron h your shameful i en t Zion hind an will vIli be protected protect d at all al costs Signed by Voliva a The T e was signed sl ed by W W C r C Voliva general enera I overs pr TX William J JT PIper overseer for Chicago H E Cante overseer er for United Kingdom H TT D Bransfield ld vice Ice president Zion university Overseer John Excell p ner 1 ecclesiastIcal secretary and nd John G Speicher overseer for Zion Cl t This Is our ultimatum to Dowle Dowie said Voliva for the signers rs of the cablegram We have not tak taken In en this step without serious consideration tion and wo we now await Dowles fur further further ther thor action Our legal positions in inthis Int Inthis this his t is under the power of at attorney torney lorney which I hold and upon the ad advice adie advice vice ie of or our legal advisers I have trans transferred transferred the entire estate to Alexander Granger pen genera enera era financial manager T r rhae have hae taken this action believing It to 0 1 he 10 p best boot for lor the protection of Zion and Hs Its creditors It is a defensive move movement m ve meat ment and it now remains for Dowie to toa a art at t We now no intend going right ri ht ahead and the whole institution will wilI be put in good order Asked about the charge of polygamy teaching mentioned In the cablegram Overseer Voliva said The teaching of polygamy was not made in public but was done private privately ly 13 I shall shan not hOt go into details hIn this matter until Dowie Dowle has had an opportunity opportunity opportunity to reply to the charge t 1 ite today Alexander Granger to Whom nhom under his power of attorney overseer Voliva turned over all of the Zion City property standing In the name of Dowie Dowle made a to tn Voliva thus giving to him all the he authority In power formerly held by Dowie Dowle Mexico Project Abandoned Dowles project t for the establishment of a colony c lon in Mexico will be b abandoned by h the new nev administration of ot Zion City Dowie Dowle will Ill be given an allowance ac according according cording to advices from Zion City to tonight tonight night sufficient to maintain a residence In Mexico If he so 80 desires or he will willbe willbe be bp received by b the new officers of the church hurch as a common citizen should b be elect to return and take up his hiR r resi si In Zion City No action under the criminal laws will be taken against him himon himAn on nn account of the funds he Is alleged to have wasted nor will win any civil action bo bp brought to recover reco r If It the deposed leader becomes obstreperous however it was said that his son Gladstone was waR pro lIr pared to make revelations that would startle the world No to the ca sent today toda from Zion City to T Towie Do fe is expected tonight inasmuch as a Dowie In 11 an eight hours Journey from the station |